With strengthening the economy in the context of the Trump factor across party priority, David Reevely of The Logic put together a list of business leaders who are running for all parties and whose “significant backgrounds in business, technology or economics.”

Liberals

Tim Hodgson (Markham–Thornhill, Ont.)

Advisor to Carney during his governorship of the Bank of Canada
20-year career at Goldman Sachs, including as CEO of Goldman Sachs Canada

Carlos Leitão (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Que.)

Former Quebec finance minister under Philippe Couillard from 2014 to 2018
Another longtime bank economist before politics — 20 year career at RBC, and 11 years as chief economist at Laurentian Bank Securities

Claude Guay (Lasalle–Émard–Verdun, Que.)

Previously profiled in this newsletter (Day 12)
Former president of IBM Canada
Stint at Gildan Activewear as Executive VP

Malalai Halimi (Dufferin–Caledon, Ont.)

Halimi is a production manager at Taylor Certified Processing
Founded Maawj TV, a video channel devoted to diaspora Afghan culture and news

Conservatives

Grant Cool (Esquimalt–Saanich–Sooke, B.C.):

PhD in aerospace engineering and founder of AT2 Aerospace, a spinout of Lockheed Martin
AT2 develops hybrid airships, helium-filled, hydrogen-powered craft intended to deliver cargo and people to very remote places
Previous CEO of Kivalliq Marine, which transported goods by sea from Churchill, Man., to Nunavut

Elaine Allan (Vancouver Centre, B.C.):

Former executive director of Skills Canada B.C.
Worked in startups in Silicon Valley previous to returning to Vancouver

Iain Black (Coquitlam–Port Coquitlam, B.C.):

Former B.C. minister under Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell
Former CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
CEO and now vice-chair of Maximizer, a Vancouver-based company that sells a customer-relationship management platform

Sandra Cobena (Newmarket–Aurora, Ont.)

A senior manager of commercial credit at TD
Former business consultant on mergers and acquisitions

Allan MacMaster (Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish, N.S.)

Recent Nova Scotia finance minister and deputy premier in the Tim Houston government
Previously MLA for 15 years and had stints as minister of labour and minister of culture and tourism
Before entering politics, MacMaster was an investment advisor at BMO Nesbitt Burns

Doug Treleaven (Kitchener-Conestoga, Ont.)